The Wingham Advance-Times, 1967-04-13, Page 13TRUCK SPECIALS
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T. H. FRANCE
Economics Division
W. O. A. S. Ridgetown
New ways of financing On-
tario family farms are urgently
needed. Rising land costs are
upsetting the present method in
which a young farmer earns a
living from his farm and pays
for it during his working life-
time.
The best way to buy a farm
is as a going concern. The prob-
lem is that several sources of
credit will be needed to fin-
ance many of Ontario's larger
farms.
R, 0, ClAYTON, P. ENG,
Nowhere in ()Mari() has the
drainage of surface and subsur-
face water produced such re-+
markable changes in crop pro-
duction and crop growth than In
Southwestern Ontario, Dut farm
drainage is only a link in the
complete farm management
program.
The complete "package" of
improved farm management
practices consists of proper
fertilization, improved crop
varieties of hybrids, early plant
ing, improved week and insect
control, improved harvesting,
and last but the most important
of all, farm drainage.
Without drainage the farm
operator cannot expect to rlant
early. The crop cannot assimi-
late the required amounts of
fertilizer for optimum plant
growth. Harvesting of crops
may be difficult if there has
been Inclement weather.
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Value .of drainage
in crop production
Land prices in parts of On-
tario have more than doubled
over the past few years. A 200-
acre, cash crop farm in Kent
County could easily cost $100, -
000 dollars, Machinery and
other requirements would bring
the investment up to $130,000.
Operating capital is also a
vital part of the modern farm,
Seed, fertilizer, chamicals,
and other direct costs will add
$10, 000 or more to capital re-
quirements.
Funds for farming are avail-
able at modest interest rates. In
addition to private, there are
two well-known government
sources of farm credit -- the
Ontario Junior Farmer Loan Cor-
poration and the Federal Farm
Credit Corporation.
A group of farmers can pur-
chase machinery through the
Farm Machinery Syndicate
Loans Act.
There are no government
sources of operating capital.
Trade credit or bank loans are
the normal source of funds for
this purpose.
Incorporation of the farm
business is a good method of
holding the farm resources to-
gether. The transfer of a farm
is more easily done in the form
of company shares than it is in
real estate and personal proper-
ty.
Critical evaluation of new
investment programs on the
farm would help the problem
too. Some farms become ov-
ercapitalized due to a lack of
planning during expansion
phases.
Another solution to the farm
financing problem is to increase
the amount of funds available
from government sources. The
interest rate could also be low-
ered. The argument against
such a move is that it would
tend to increase the price of
farms.
Ontario farmers are as ef-
ficient as any in the world. The
high capitalization of their
farms is evidence of this fact.
Efficiency in estate manage-
ment is needed too if young
farmers are to stay on the land.
STARTS APRIL 14th
Patios, Privacy Fences,
Carports
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Corrugated, Patio Green
An adequate tile-drainage
system removes the excess
gravitational water uniformly
from the land mass, Lowering
the water table to tile depth
permits improved and rapid
root growth. Air can flow eas-
ily through the gravitational
water channels to the roots.
Since water can move upward
by capillary action the roots
still obtain an adequate supply
of moisture,
Tile drainage increases the
salable value of the farm acre-
age in the future while now im-
proving the owner's crop pro-
duction. Former wet areas or
fields can be cropped in the
same cropping schedule as the
surrounding area.
While many unknowns are
associated with farm drainage,
local drainage practices temp-
ered with the landowner's in-
dividual crop requirements, will
give guidelines within which a
drainage system can be design-
ed. Needless to say, the high-
er the investment in land drain-
age the more necessary it is to
grow crops yielding high per
acre returns. It has been deter-
mined experimentally that cash
crops, for example, tomatoes
and peas, can have a one-third
yield reduction due to inade-
quate drainage for as short a
period as one day!
Systematic tile drainage now
costs in excess of one hundred
dollars per acre. However, ex-
perimental evidence indicates
that increased returns per acre
of 22 bushels of corn, 6 bushels
of soybeans, 15 bushels of oats,
and 4 bushels of wheat may be
expected on the average. If
principal and interest payments
are made on a township tile-
drainage loan annually for ten
years, the cost would be $12.33
per year per $100 borrowed. To
make the loan payment on $100
increases of 9.5 bushels of shell-
ed corn, 4.3 bushels of soy-
beans, 16.6 bushels of oats, and
7.5 bushels of wheat are requir-
ed. (Average prices for these
commodities are taken from the
1965 Agricultural Statistics for
Ontario.) Crop losses due to
poor planting or harvesting con-
ditions would also be reduced
with tile drainage. Thus, the
additional profit from saving
the crop could be applied to
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All members except Wil-
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April 3 meeting of Morris
Township Council.
Road accounts atnounting to
$3,295.30 were accepted as
presented by the road superin-
tendent and $5,00 was voted to
the Huron County Historical So-
ciety.
A representative from Frank
Cowan Insurance Company and
Mrs. Hall from Blyth were pres-
ent and reviewed the township's
insurance needs. Spray liabil-
ity, non-owned auto liability,
municipal equipment floater,
municipal liability and coun-
cillors' accident insurance were
renewed with the Frank Cowan
Company with changes made as
suggested in the review.
The road superintendent was
authorized to purchase a 1965
Ford truck, The auditor's re-
port was accepted showing a
deficit of $5,032.07 for 1966.
The statement will be printed
in the Blyth Standard with a
copy sent to every ratepayer in
the township.
The supplementary road ap-
propriation brim./ for $841 000
was passed and the general and
road accounts ordered paid.
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BERT MOGGACH, engineering extension Specialist, On-
tario Department of Agriculture, talks with Harold Scott,•
CC R. 2 StatfOrd, who was one of the farm owners featured
on the TV series "The Business of Farming" in January,
This educational program is sponsored jointly by the On-
tario Department Of Agriculutre end Food and the CBC.
COAST TO COAST
FORMATION OF the new North Huron 4-H
Groin Corn Club took place March 30 at
the Gorrie Community Centre. Elected of-
ficers included Doug Hardy, secretary-
treasurer; Clayton Baird, president; Ken
McAdam, vice-president, and Blaine Wylie,
press reporter.
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Capital crisis on the farm
payment of the loan and also to
risk and monopment,
.crop insurance in the form
of A written policy will only as-
Sure you of a return on your ex,
penses. A crop failure without
a written policy on Ontilediand
may not even return the crop
costs incurred, But an adequate
drainage system will not only
assure you Of a return for your
operating expenses, but Also a
net return to risk and manage*
Ment, Farm, drainage is a very
important link in the complete
package of new farm practices
which are necessary for opti-
mum crop production.
Grain corn and
narrower rows
DR. CHARLES S. BALDWIN
Soils Specialist
W. O. A. S. Ridgetown
Just because seed is avail-
able, and because specialized
equipment for planting and hap,
vesting the crop is available,
does not mean that these are
the only factors needed to de-
cide whether or not to make
drastic changes in your corn
production techniques. The
real question you must answer
is "Would such a change be
economically sound for my pro-
gram?"
Four-year trials at Ridge-
town indicate that under a low-
fertility regime, maximum
corn yields were obtained with
a population of 12, 000 to 14, -
000 plants per acre. With high
levels of soil fertility, maxi-
mum yields have been obtained
with populations in the 18,000
to 20, 000-plants-per-acre lev-
el,
Studies comparing row widths
indicate an overall 2.4-percent
yield increase in favor of 18-
inch rows over 36-inch row
widths., This response corre-
lates very closely with research
data from other Experimental
Stations in Ontario as well as in
the "corn belt" areas of the
United States.
In general, research data
indicate that hybrids react
much the same in their res-
ponse to row width and popula-
tions. It would seem probable
that hybrids may be developed
by plant breeders which will
give significant yield increases,
when planted in narrow rows,
over the present hybrids which
have been developed for wide
rows.
It is recommended that un-
der good crop and soil manage-
ment, farmers should plan and
plant to harvest approximately
18, 000 to 20, 000 plants per
acre for optimum yields.
To date, there are little, if
any, consistent, significant
yield increases due to narrow-
ing our corn rows more than
that which our present-day
equipment,,ca,n handle.
Developing hybrids that will
respond to extremes in popula-
tion and to narrow rows will be
a future task of the plant breed-
ers so concerned. ,
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